Gandhinagar, June 1 -- Under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the Gujarat Government is intensifying its fight against cybercrime through targeted statewide operations. As part of this drive, Gujarat Police, under the leadership of Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, conducted a special operation through the Cyber Centre of Excellence, taking action against mule accounts and exposing cyber fraud worth Rs.2,289 crore across multiple cases.

The Gujarat Chief Minister's office stated that a mule account is a bank account used by cybercriminals to receive, transfer or launder money obtained through fraud. The person operating such an account is known as a 'money mule'. These accounts are often used to move money from one a...